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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

SILAS WILLIAMSON, SB., OF AMANDA, OHIO.

COMBINED FENCE POST AND BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,270, dated March 27,1888. 7

Application filed August 18, 1887. Serial No. 247,253. 7 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SILAs WILLIAMSON, Sen., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Amanda, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Fence Post and Brace; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which is shown a panel of fence provided with my combined post and brace.

My invention relates to that class of combined fence posts and braces whichcan be secured to the panels of a fence; and it consists of the improved construction of the same, as will be hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, A indicates a fence-panel having its end posts, B B, vertical.

0 O are the upper parts of the inclined braces, which are made of wood and are secured to the upper ends of vthe posts of the fence-panel in any suitable manner.

The lower metallic portions, E E, of the inclined braces are provided at or neartheir upper ends with the sleeves F F, in which are secured the lower ends of the upper-portions, O G, the ends of the upper portions being rounded to fit in the sleeves. The lower end I of each of the metallic portions of the braces is bent in at an angle, as shown, which, when the brace is secured "in position, prevents it I from coming out of the ground, thus making a very permanent brace, and, as it is made of metal, it will last a long time.

Secured to the lower end of each of the upper portions of the brace O G is a horizontal brace, G, to which the lower end of the fencepost can be secured, thus making a very strong and durable construction. This horizontal brace may be either a slat of wood or it may 5 be a piece of wire.

By placing a stone under the end of the post of the fence it is prevented from settlingv or sinking into the ground.

The above-'constructed,brace can he very eas- 'ily applied to a fence, either when it is built or afterward, and is thus very desirable forrepairing old and partly-decayed fences, making them almost, if not entirely, as good as new, and more durable than they would have been if repaired without the use of the brace. To prevent the lower'end of the upper parts of the brace O 0 from coming out of the sleeves at the top of the metallic part, I use a wire, H, which issecured around the upper parts of the braces G O, and has its ends passed through the sleeves and hooked, as shown, which entirely prevents the upper part of the brace from becoming detached from the lower part.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claimp The combination, with a'fence-panel, of the inclined braces secured thereto at their upper ends, the lower metallic part for each brace having a sleeve near its upper end and having its lower end bent or inclined inward, 'a wire secured at its middle tothe upper ends of the inclined braces and having books at its ends, said hooks engaging with the sleeves upon the lower metallic portions of the braces, and a horizontal brace secured to the inclined braces and to the fence-panels, substantially as and for the purpose'set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in 8 presence of two witnesses.

SILAS WILLIAMSON, SEN.

Witnesses:

' LAURA AI'JZOE SHAEFFER,

JAs. O. BARR. 

